I do not believe that the Bible teaches that the living saints at the Rapture of the Church do not die. I Corinthians 15:50, I Corinthians 15:22, Genesis 2:17 and Genesis 3:19 absolutely preclude any such possibility.
I Corinthians 15:51-57 teaches that our mortal and corruptible bodies must be changed to an incorruptible body, as if one changed his dirty clothes to clean ones. II Corinthians 5:1-4 does not teach about a temporary body, but instead teaches that Christ will bring the recreated bodies of all believers, whether in the grave or alive, with Him when He comes to Rapture the Church. All believers will then be changed "in the twinkling of an eye" from our old bodies, whether in the grave or alive, into our new, recreated bodies that Christ will bring with Him from heaven. The dead bodies of millions of believers will litter the world as a witness to the Rapture of the Church.
In addition, according to I Corinthians 15:50, corruptible bodies cannot be resurrected. The only earthly body that was ever resurrected was the body of our Lord Jesus Christ, but then His body was perfect.
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